Visual I.V.

Where is the key to inspiration?

In the days of the Romans they looked toward a group of sisters called the "Muses" These ladies embodied all things inspirational as far as the arts went. I want/need to go on a journey a search to find my inspiration. What makes me passionate? What is it that makes me stop in awe? What is it that drives and artists hands to madly grab a paintbrush, a pencil, a chisel, a laptop, a camera - - and HAVE to capture that moment, vision, emotion in time so that others can have that glimpse into something so intimate that it paradoxically has to be shared.

I had that once- I think...

I once lived in a realm of creativity. Everywhere I looked there was some - - THING that made me stop and take notice. MADE me take it in and evaluate it. When did that go away? Sure I've grown, gotten married, become a father. All the things that are cliche when people speak of happiness. While I DO love my wife and son, and am forging a marriage and sculpting my child, My soul still aches for something out there I feel I've left undone/undiscovered.

On a lark I bought this book that is a pseudo journal. It goes through each day with something strange to do. Yesterday it asked to plan out where we want to go in the world arranged by color ( a tame instruction compared to the rest of the book) and I colored in most of the world on my That's where I wanna go list. I wonder if I will ever make it out of the country just once. To see and experience sites and cultures that I've never been exposed to before.

There has got to be something out there...

posted by David Hicks @ 11:16 AM